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It's quite common... there are a number of regular gaijin (been there for years and years), in addition to those who visit for a few months..

You might like to take a look at 'The Empty Mind' clips on the Aikikai Hombu Dojo at youtube - just search for 'empty mind'. There are lots of keiko scenes and they interview a 'gaijin' at the beginning of the segment on the Aikikai

BTW, I have the Empty Mind DVD and it's really well done.. highly recommended

It's quite common... there are a number of regular gaijin (been there for years and years), in addition to those who visit for a few months..

You might like to take a look at 'The Empty Mind' clips on the Aikikai Hombu Dojo at youtube - just search for 'empty mind'. There are lots of keiko scenes and they interview a 'gaijin' at the beginning of the segment on the Aikikai

BTW, I have the Empty Mind DVD and it's really well done.. highly recommended

There were always a lot of foreigners training whenever I went there.

Just watched the first part on youtube. If I'm not mistaken Doshu's uke at about 4:59 is his son.

A difficult problem is easily solved by asking yourself the question, "Just how would the Lone Ranger handle this?"